Psalm 105:16-2116 And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.17 He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.18 They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,19 until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.20 The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.21 He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a3 Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had conceived him in his old age. And he made him a tunic, woven of many colors.4 Then his brothers, seeing that he was loved by his father more than all his other sons, hated him, and they were not able to say anything peacefully to him.12 And while his brothers were lodging at Shechem, pasturing their father's flocks,13 Israel said to him: "Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. 17 " Therefore, Joseph continued on after his brothers, and he found them at Dothan.18 And, when they had seen him from afar, before he approached them, they decided to kill him.19 And they said one to another: "Behold, the dreamer approaches.20 Come, let us kill him and cast him into the old cistern. And let us say: 'an evil wild beast has devoured him.' And then it will become apparent what his dreams will do for him."21 But Reuben, on hearing this, strove to free him from their hands, and he said:22 "Do not take away his life, nor shed blood. But throw him into this cistern, which is in the wilderness, and so keep your hands harmless." But he said this, wanting to rescue him from their hands, so as to return him to his father.23 And so, as soon as he came to his brothers, they very quickly stripped him of his tunic, which was ankle-length and woven of many colors,24 and they cast him into an old cistern, which held no water.25 And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ishmaelites, travelers coming from Gilead, with their camels, carrying spices, and resin, and oil of myrrh into Egypt.26 Therefore, Judah said to his brothers: "What will it profit us, if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?27 It is better that he be sold to the Ishmaelites, and then our hands will not be defiled. For he is our brother and our flesh." His brothers agreed to his words.28 And when the Midianite merchants were passing by, they drew him from the cistern, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver.